POPULATION MANAGEMENT
Population Health: Part I
This assignment will be completed in two parts. The purpose of this two-part assignment is to identify an at-risk population, evaluate the disparities contributing to their health issue, and propose an intervention to improve health for that community.
General Requirements
• A minimum of three to four scholarly or peer-reviewed research articles are required. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
• Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments.
• You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite to verify similarity scores and check for plagiarism.
Directions
The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate an at-risk population affected by a population-based health condition. You will use the topic you select here to complete Part II of this assignment.
Write a 750-1,000-word paper and include the following.
1. Refer to the topic Resource “Data and Statistics” for examples of population-based health conditions. Select a population-based health condition and a high-risk group affected by the population-based condition. An example of this would be looking at the prevalence rates of diseases (population-based health condition) in vaccinated children versus groups where parents may withhold vaccinations because of feared side effects (high-risk group). For examples of health conditions that affect a large number of people, see the topic Resource “Data and Statistics.” Choose a health problem that affects a large number of people and a high-risk group that is affected by the problem. One way to do this would be to compare the rates of diseases (population-based health conditions) in children who have been vaccinated and children whose parents have decided not to vaccinate them because they are afraid of the side effects (high-risk group).
2. Describe the high-risk group and population-based health condition you selected. Explain why this group is considered high-risk.
3. Compare the prevalence rate of the selected population-based health condition for this high-risk group between two similar areas (county to county, state to state, country to country). Refer to the topic Resources for Helpance with your comparison.
4. Evaluate the social determinants that lead to disparities and health outcomes for your selected at-risk population and explain why they differ between your selected population and a population of comparison from a similar area.
5. Discuss what evidence-based interventions have been introduced to try and improve the health outcomes for this high-risk population and whether they have been effective.
6. Discuss current electronic or online consumer health information available for the population on the health issue (e.g., the topic Resource, “Find and Compare Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Other Providers Near You”).
RESOURCES
Data and Statistics: Explore the Data and Statistics page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. https://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/
Explore the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps website. https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
Loan, L. A., Parnell, T. A., Stichler, J. F., Boyle, D. K., Allen, P., VanFosson, C. A., & Barton, A. J. (2018). Call for action: Nurses must play a critical role to enhance health literacy. Nursing Outlook, 66(1), 97-100.
Read Chapters 5-7 in Population-Based Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice. https://bibliu.com/app/#/view/books/9780826136749/epub/OEBPS/xhtml/9780826136749_Contents.html#page_8
Explore the Explore Health Rankings page of the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps website. https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings
Explore the Community Health Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plans page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. https://www.cdc.gov/publichealthgateway/cha/plan.html
Explore the Find and Compare Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Other Providers Near You page of the Medicare.gov website. https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/?providerType=Hospital&redirect=true
Weis, J., (2021, April 6). 2021 County health rankings show gaps and health disparities for Latinos. Salud America! https://salud-america.org/2021-county-health-rankings-show-gaps-health-disparities-for-latinos/

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